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Black 3TB (2013)

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Average Bench: 82.8% (69th of 1002)

more Based on 4,265 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD3003FZEX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD30 03FZEX-00Z4S, WDC WD3003FZEX-32Z4SA0, WD3003FZEX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD30 03FZEX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD3003FZEX-0, WDC WD3003FZEX-00Z4S, WDC WD3003FZEX-00Z4SA
Poor: 64%Average: 82.8% Great: 97%

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Very good average bench

The WD Black 3TB (2013) averaged just 17.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black 3TB (2013) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.76MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 135MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 3TB (2013) is 33.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Black 3TB (2013) performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.26MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.71MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,265 samples)
Rank 6982.8%
Min Avg Max
112 Read 148 183
106 Write 140 165
103 Mixed 135 159
106% 141 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.44 4K Read 0.71 0.98
1.77 4K Write 2.76 3.28
0.2 4K Mixed 0.26 0.35
110% 1.24 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
85.4% Excellent
Read 155
Write 142
Mixed 140
110% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.59
4K Write 2.77
4K Mixed 0.37
116% 1.24 MB/s
816GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
74.7% Very good
Read 128
Write 132
Mixed 112
93% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.57
4K Write 3.01
4K Mixed 0.25
107% 1.27 MB/s
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Gaming 64%
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation 59%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $344Bench 88%, 131,857 samples4,572x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $255Bench 82%, 74,867 samples829x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $477Bench 79%, 50,034 samples386x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $370Bench 64%, 246,752 samples1,299x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $550Bench 125%, 204,755 samples666x
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 75%, 55,490 samples613x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $90Bench 94%, 282,195 samples690x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $137Bench 96%, 187,338 samples628x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $174Bench 78%, 65,477 samples390x
RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 7,209 samples354x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 59%, 12,173 samples338x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 30,386 samples210x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $804

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